'I do! As long as you've asked my dad...' Soldier set to marry devoted Army girlfriend who writes him a daily morale-boosting blog... after proposing from Afghanistan by Skype

A woman who blogged about life as the girlfriend of a soldier at war is now engaged to be his wife after he proposed - on Skype.

Zoey Peace, 26, was struggling to cope with the pain of being away from boyfriend Cpl Sam Garwood, 24, while he serves Afghanistan.

She started a morale-boosting blog charting her bid to become the 'perfect girlfriend' by the time Sam gets home.

A woman who blogged about life as the girlfriend of a soldier at war is now engaged after accepting his proposal over Skype

Zoey's online diary turned into a campaign to raise money for military charities by asking famous faces - including David Cameron - to pose with 'Smile Camp Bastion' signs.

The idea, originally intended as a morale boost for troops deployed over Christmas, is continuing this year and has been supported by Ant and Dec and Katherine Jenkins.

Devoted Zoey is now set to become a military wife after romantic Sam, who is due to return from his fifth tour with the Royal Logistics Corps in May, proposed to her over the internet Skype.

Zoey, from Doddington, Cambs., who has already been out wedding dress shopping, today said the online proposal was 'pretty apt.'

Zoey Peace - left, with soldier boyfriend Cpl
Sam Garwood - keeps him abreast of her life while he's on tour in
Afghanistan by writing a daily blog that she says she'll keep up until he comes home in
February

The events executive at the Royal Society of Chemistry said: 'He proposed on the internet - which is pretty apt for us as that's how we communicate a lot.

'It was romantic. He asked to marry me and I asked if he had got permission from my dad. When he said "yes", I said "yes". We now have a date.

'We're getting married on December 21 and I've been out wedding dress shopping. I don't know why people enjoy it - it's been pretty traumatic.

'But I am really excited and Sam is still in Afghanistan but he finishes his tour in May so I will have him to myself then.'

In the funny, and touchingly honest diary, read by more than 1,000 people every day Zoey outlines her plans to become a 'domestic goddess', to lose 'a stone in weight' and to 'master DIY'.

As well as regular updates on her progress she also posts hilarious photos and links to keep Sam in touch with the day-to-day life he is missing out on.

Zoey's blog -www.untilfebruary.blogspot.co.uk- has been backed by charity Help for Heroes and she has also received photos from rugby star Lewis Moody and swimmer Sharron Davies.